Our third graders learn what biology books state: human life begins at conception. Too many realize the hard truth about abortion after losing their child, breaking their hearts and compromising their health.

I opposed Tracey Thorne-Begland's judicial nomination because he is a homosexual activist seeking to discard four millennia of western moral teaching. He criticized Virginia's judiciary, was discharged from the military, and broke his oath to normalize behavior which leads to early death, social disruption, increased healthcare and coercion of those who honor the "laws of Nature and Nature's God" as our Founders did.

Regarding abortion and disability, "nature" isn't God. My delegatebob.comwebsite links 220+ studies (National Library of Medicine) documenting first pregnancy abortions' damage to women and children in later, wantedpregnancies. Children are gifts made in God's image! Disabled children give and receive love unconditionally!

My other legislation allows school personnel to train to carry a concealed handgun for protection. We don't advertise homes as gun free zones, why schools? I want to return excess revenue to taxpayers, and protect citizens from some tow truck abuses.

Almost 8,000 Virginians (1924-1971) were eugenically sterilized. Government which takes property, or someone's ability to have children, must compensate. I also want a study to avoid monetary hyper-inflation (from debt or economic warfare) and to alert parents when bus stops are closer than 500 feet from registered sex offender's homes.

Delegate Bob Marshall

Prince William County

I would bet that some of the same people who stand in line with tents, chairs and coolers on Black Friday and other "sale " days are the same people who can't or do not want to stand in a line for four hours to vote.

What a shame, and what a statement about what is really important to the people of our country.

Susan Giunti-Yungbuth

Newport News

Two Jan. 6 articles in the Daily Press, I believe, highlight questionable wildlife "management" practices. The first "Residents get victory over marauding elk," [refers to the safety hazard posed by ggroweth in the elk population]. Elk were introduced back into Kentucky in 1997 supposedly for ecological and tourist purposes. However, I believe a more likely reason was because hunters wanted to import the animals into the state as a "game" species. Apparently, no one thought about the ecological and social consequences of introducing elk into a vastly altered ecosystem. Consequently, an environment was created that enables the elk to, over time, increase their numbers to the point where they are now considered a "problem."

The answer in Kentucky was to relocate some elk and to allow property owners to kill the animals when they come out of the mountains looking for food in residential areas.

Killing the animals is not a long-term, or necessarily effective method of controlling coyotes (or, deer for that matter). Nevertheless, to some in Isle of Wright county, the answer to the county's coyote problem is to kill them by putting a bounty on them.

I think the use of lethal control should always be the last option. In the case of coyotes, non-lethal control methods including the use of large guard dogs have been used to protect livestock along with fencing. In the case of elk, several non-lethal options are available including fertility control, translocation, fencing and repellents, developing and planting land in a manner to discourage elk.

In short, it is too easy to just kill problem animals; it never works as a long-term solution.

Jerry L. Coalgate

Williamsburg

As a 92-years, three-months old World War II veteran, I am confident that there are thousands of our American citizens like myself who are wondering if we are at the threshold of becoming involved in the difference between the various denominations of Islamic ideology, reference the recent congressional clamour for a substantial enlargement in our homeland security activity.

What is the bottom line to these nationwide terrorist activities?

Is it not remotely possible that there will be a requirement for all citizens to have prison type bars over windows; a shotgun in every room, a 38-cal. revolver under every pillow and a 45-cal. automatic in every auto?